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Marco Polo Biography
Marco Polo was a wealthy merchant as well as an explorer and writer.
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He journeyed from Europe to the Orient, where he served the Mongol leader for 17 years before returning to Europe and writing a book of his accounts.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo was born circa in the Republic of Venice into a wealthy merchant family.
In , Marco Polo joined his father and uncle on their trip to Asia; they took with them two priests. They crossed the Middle East and the Gobi desert, witnessing many sights described later in his book The Description of the World, (which later became known as The Travels of Marco Polo).
They remained in China for 17 years. Khan appointed Marco's father and uncle to high positions in his Court and later employed Marco as an envoy he sent to explore parts of Asia the Europeans hadn't reached, including Burma, India, and Tibet.
Marco was promoted more than once; he served as governor of a Chinese city, an official of the Privy Council, and at one
